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   wrest

   /rɛst/

   verb

   • 1. forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp: "Leila tried to wrest her arm from his hold"
   • ▪ take (something, especially power or control) after considerable effort or difficulty: "they wanted people to wrest control of their lives from impersonal bureaucracies"
   • 2. distort the meaning or interpretation of (something) to suit one's own interests or views: archaic "you appear convinced of my guilt, and wrest every reply I have made"

   noun

   • 1. a key for tuning a harp or piano. archaic

   Word Origin Old Englishwrǣstan ‘twist, tighten’, of Germanic origin; related to Danish vriste, also to wrist.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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